Aisam-Rohan in semi final in Los Angles

Pak-Indian tennis duo of Aisam-ul-Haq and Rohan Bopanna won a cliff hanger 3-6,7-4, 14-12 against Arnaud Clement of France and Jonathan Erlich of Israel to advance into the semi final of Los Angeles on Saturday.Being down 3-6 in the first set and 0-3 in the second they rose from the ashes to win 14-12 in the super tie break. Pak and Indian players were broken in the very first service game of the match and were unable to averts defeat in the first set. The start of the second set was not good for Aisam and partner as they were again broken in the first game of the second set but fought back bravely to neutralize this disadvantage when they broke their opponents serve to level back to 3-3. Thanks largely to the much superior service return games played by Aisam they forced their opponents to a tie break in the second set. Here again they were a break point down in the beginning but then went on to win 5 points in a row to secure the set score in the tie break. In the deciding super tie break they were once again mini break down and then match point down at 7-9 but a sizzling back hand serve return winner by Rohan saved them from a collapse. The see-saw situation continued until 13-12 when Aisam was able to close the match with a 14-12 score. Aisam & Rohan were mostly struggling in the match but raised their level whenever their back was pushed to the wall. Though they hit 7 aces against only by their opponents yet their overall first serve percentage was as low as 57% only due to which their opponents were able to attack their second serves more. Nevertheless their real achievement today was to save the break points. They saved 4 out of 7 break points and their opponents saved 1 of 2. In the semi final they will face the World No. 2 (previously World No. 1) pair of Mike Bryan and Bob Bryan of USA.